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As we have dicussed in the last article, Backgammon is a casino game of skill and pure luck. The goal is to move your chips carefully around the game board to your inner board while at the same time your opposition shifts their pieces toward their inner board in the opposing direction. With competing player pieces heading in opposite directions there is bound to be conflict and the need for particular strategies at particular times. Here are the last 2 Backgammon plans to round out your game.

The Priming Game Strategy

If the purpose of the blocking tactic is to slow down the opponent to move their checkers, the Priming Game strategy is to absolutely block any activity of the opponent by assembling a prime – ideally 6 points in a row. The competitor’s pieces will either get bumped, or result a damaged position if he/she ever attempts to escape the wall. The ambush of the prime can be established anywhere between point 2 and point 11 in your board. As soon as you’ve successfully built the prime to prevent the movement of your competitor, your competitor doesn’t even get to roll the dice, and you move your chips and roll the dice yet again. You’ll win the game for sure.

The Back Game Technique

The aims of the Back Game technique and the Blocking Game tactic are similar – to hinder your competitor’s positions hoping to boost your odds of winning, however the Back Game tactic uses different techniques to do that. The Back Game plan is generally employed when you’re far behind your competitor. To compete in Backgammon with this plan, you need to control 2 or more points in table, and to hit a blot (a single piece) late in the game. This plan is more difficult than others to use in Backgammon because it requires careful movement of your chips and how the checkers are moved is partly the outcome of the dice toss.